Sunday, 29th December 2024
To guardian.ng
Search

Thabo Mbeki Foundation

25 Oct
If anything, the recent walkout by Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council from the African Peace and Security Dialogue reflects the deep-seated tension and internal wrangling afflicting the warring parties in Sudan.
7 Oct
Though the widespread peaceful and violent protests that erupted in Nigeria in the past few years may require different management approaches, both are rooted in the recent leadership failure, a Nigerian-British scholar in leadership, peace and conflict, Prof. ‘Funmi Olonisakin, has asserted.
7 Oct
Sudan’s conflict took a twist, yesterday, as the Transitional Sovereign Council (TSC) Deputy Chairman, Malik Agar, stormed out of the inaugural Africa Peace and Security Dialogue, hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, to protest the arrival of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at Magaliesburg, South Africa.
4 Oct
Climate change, widening inequality, governance deficit, economic exclusion, human rights violations and sundry challenges most African countries are currently battling are among talking points this weekend as about 150 political and corporate leaders meet in Gauteng, South Africa, at the inaugural Annual Peace and Security Dialogue (APSD).

Latest

21 mins ago
The UK will end a tax exemption for private schools on Wednesday, the centre-left Labour government has announced, in a move set to raise over £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) for public education. After years of worsening educational inequalities, from January 1, private schools will have to pay 20 percent value-added tax on tuition fees, which…
28 mins ago
The Bayero University Kano Class of 1992 has donated N2 million to some students at the institution and N1.2 million to patients at the Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital (AKTH) as part of its 32nd Anniversary Reunion held on Friday in Kano. Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, who received…
34 mins ago
Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has called on policymakers to leverage the unique strengths of their states to drive economic prosperity. The NITDA boss spoke at a capacity building workshop held at the FutureMap Academy in Hadejia, Jigawa State, on the theme "AI for Office Productivity, Design Thinking,…
37 mins ago
Donald Trump weighed in on Saturday in a bitter debate dividing his traditional supporters and tech barons like Elon Musk, saying that he backs a special visa program that helps highly skilled workers enter the country. "I've always liked the (H1-B) visas; I have always been in favour of the visas; that's why we have…
38 mins ago
In the spirit of progress and dedication, workers on the Bodo-Bonny Road project, a transformative construction project awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, have continued their efforts undeterred by the Yuletide season. For many, the opportunity to contribute to the development of their communities through this landmark infrastructure project is a source of pride and…
41 mins ago
The troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have apprehended a 25-year-old suspected female ammunition courier, Shamsiyya Ahadu. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre of the operation, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi. According to the statement, Ahadu was arrested…
43 mins ago
A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, officials said. The predator bit him on the neck on Saturday afternoon off Humpy Island on the country's east coast, emergency services said. "The man was fishing with family members when he…
46 mins ago
North Korea will launch its "toughest" ever strategy to counter the United States, state media said Sunday, reporting on a key year-end party meeting overseen by leader Kim Jong Un. The nuclear-armed state held a five-day party meeting last week as part of a drive to chart the country's course for 2025, the official Korean…
1 hour ago
Some 120 people are confirmed dead and just two people—both flight crew—rescued, South Korea's fire agency said Sunday, after a Jeju Air plane crashed on landing with 181 people on board. "So far two rescued, 120 confirmed dead," the National Fire Agency said in a statement, with the search and rescue operation ongoing. A collision…
3 hours ago
The battle of life is so fierce and deadly that it takes the grace of God to overcome; it is fought in two fronts of physical and spiritual realms. The devil is at the head of the opposing forces and the army of the evil one is so desperate in winning the battle that they do not relent.